Synopsis
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org; he is author of more than 50 books and travels regularly to preach and teach. New messages are posted to this podcast as they become available. Pipers sermons, books, articles, and more are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. We want people everywhere to understand and embrace the truth that God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in him.
Episodes
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Is Love for Jesus, or Faith in Jesus, the Root of Ministry and Obedience?
10/01/2021 Duration: 32minBelieving in Jesus, according to the Gospel of John, overlaps with love because it involves an act of the soul whereby one receives Jesus as their soul-satisfying bread, thirst-quenching water, and life-giving vine.
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Leading by Feeding
10/01/2021 Duration: 34minThe central work of pastoral ministry is leading the people of God by feeding them with the word of Christ.
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‘Hallowed Be Your Name’: The Greatest Prayer in All the World
29/12/2020 Duration: 39minThe lines of the Lord’s Prayer tend to pass by our eyes, and through our mouths, in a routine manner. But what might we be missing in our familiarity?
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Bible Reading Has Been My Life: Personal Reflections for Christian Fathers
21/11/2020 Duration: 44minWhat does Bible reading look like for John Piper? In this message to fathers, he tells personal stories and shares how he has weaved Bible reading into all of life.
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Faith That Satisfies — and Saves: What It Means to Come to Jesus
04/11/2020 Duration: 35minThe nature of genuine saving faith isn’t mere mental assent, but receiving all that God is for us in Jesus Christ.
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Singing, Suffering, and Scripture: How God Keeps Us Through Song
02/09/2020 Duration: 33minSuffering may quiet our singing for a time, but God designed singing to sustain our souls. And one day, we will sing forever with unrestrained joy.
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Does God Intend Evil for Our Good? Providential Peril for Joseph, Jesus, and You
07/06/2020 Duration: 51minWhat sinners and Satan intend for evil, God always superintends for good. Our all-wise God brings restoration from ruin and deliverance out of danger.
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Every Letter Kills, Including Shakespeare: Pressing Through Texts in the Power of the Spirit
19/05/2020 Duration: 18minTo exposit a text is only one part of preaching and teaching. We must drill down into the words and unearth the reality that holds the text together.
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Exposition or Imposition? How Gospel-Centered Preaching Can Go Wrong
14/05/2020 Duration: 50minPreachers, instead of taking your text and making a beeline to the cross, take the cross and make a beeline to your text.
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The Secret of Christ-Magnifying Contentment as the Path to Costly Love
20/02/2020 Duration: 30minTrue contentment in Christ not only guards against our ever-changing circumstances, but frees us to overflow in costly love to others — even our enemies.
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The Second Coming: Not Before the ‘Man of Lawlessness’
05/02/2020 Duration: 01h37sAs we look forward to Christ’s second coming, what matters most is not that we have the timing and details down, but that we hold fast to Jesus as our great hope.
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The Second Coming: Wrath and Rescue
03/02/2020 Duration: 01h04minSuffering, pain, and trouble never have the last word for the people of God. He is our hope and our joy, and he will bring us all the way home.
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Do Not Take God’s Name in Vain: The Weight and Wonder of the Third Commandment
19/01/2020 Duration: 45minTo take God’s name in vain is about far, far more than avoiding foul language. Our reverence for God’s name cuts to the very core of our worship in all of life.
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Live for Your Greatest Desire: Jesus
01/01/2020 Duration: 45minJesus’s call to deny ourselves isn’t a demand to give up happiness but an invitation to walk with him on the path to deep, lasting joy.
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Serious Joy, Cultural Conflict, and Christian Humility: Thoughts on Christian Education
08/11/2019 Duration: 54minTrue Christian education fills our hearts and minds with a joy so serious and strong that our society loses its power to control where we stand and what we say.
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Christ Magnified in His World Through Servants Satisfied in His Worth
03/11/2019 Duration: 38minGod will not settle for redeeming people from just a few parts of the globe. He will have people from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
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How Does Humility Lead in Conflict? A Charge to Christian Leaders
24/10/2019 Duration: 32minThe humblest response to our culture’s tirade against objective truth isn’t to retreat, but to lovingly and kindly contend for what the Bible says.
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Seek the Things That Are Above
16/10/2019 Duration: 45minEvery believer in Jesus Christ has a potent spiritual superpower. With the Spirit’s help, we now can seek the very things of heaven above.
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A Peculiar Act of Worship: Preaching as Expository Exultation
30/09/2019 Duration: 55minThe preacher’s task is not merely to teach or inform, but to rejoice with his people over the wonders of Scripture.
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‘How God Made Me Happy in Him’: John Piper’s Journey to Joy
27/09/2019 Duration: 27minGlory and joy appear all over the Bible, but how they relate is not readily obvious. Listen to John Piper tell the story of how God connected the dots between the two.